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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

Plan  of  the  Building 5 

History  of  the  Library 9 

Description  of  the  Building  10 

Arrangement  and  Location  of  Books 13 

Reserved  Books    15 

Periodicals 15 

Catalogue     16 

Abbreviations  used  in  the  Catalogue 17 

Reference  Collection    18 

Special  Collections 

Treasure  Room   22 

Plimpton    Room    24 

Brooks  Room   24 

Pierce  Room   25 

Department  Libraries    25 

Care  of  Books   26 

The  Library  Staff 28 

Classification  of  Books 28 

Library  Rules  and  Regulations 29 

Index   34 


458689 


Cease  not  to  learn   until  thou  cease  to  live; 

Think  that  day  lost  wherein  thou   draw'st  no  letter, 
Nor  galn'st  no  lesson,  that  new  grace  may  give 

To  make  thyself  learneder,  wiser,  better. 

Quadrains  of  Pibrac,  translated  by  Joshua  Sylvester. 


BASEMENT  PLAN 


FIRST  FLOOR  PLAN 


SECOND  FLOOR  PLAN 


BRIEF  HISTORY   OF  THE  LIBRARY 

When  College  Hall  was  built  by  the  founder,  what  then 
seemed  ample  provision  for  the  Library  was  made  in  the  fire- 
proof wing  where  in  1878,  three  years  after  the  opening  of  the 
College,  over  16,000  volumes  and  more  than  100  periodicals 
were  available  for  the  use  of  the  students  and  members  of  the 
faculty;  eight  thousand  volumes  having  been  given  outright 
from  Mr.  Durant's  own  library.  Chosen  by  a  man  of  brilliant 
intellect  and  scholarly  tastes,  with  the  means  to  gratify  them, 
many  of  these  books  have  always  been  among  the  most  precious 
possessions  of  the  Library,  and  have  grown  increasingly  valu- 
able with  the  passing  years.  Other  early  friends  of  the  College 
gave  money  and  books  to  enrich  the  collection,  notably  Mr. 
A.  S.  Sweet,  who  gave  what  was  then  a  large  sum  of  money 
for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  study  of  the  Bible  and  after- 
ward added  to  that  gift;  and  Professor  E.  N.  Horsford,  who  in 
1878  endowed  the  Library,  thus  providing  a  fund  for  the  pur- 
chase of  new  books  and  for  various  other  expenses.  These  friends 
of  the  earlier  days  have  been  followed  by  a  succession  of  book- 
lovers.  In  1904,  Mr.  George  A.  Plimpton  presented  to  the  Col- 
lege in  memory  of  his  wife,  Frances  Taylor  Pearsons  Plimpton, 
who  was  a  member  of  the  class  of  1884,  the  collection  of  Italian 
manuscripts  and  early  editions  since  known  as  the  Plimpton 
Collection.  Professor  George  Herbert  Palmer  has  been  and 
continues  to  be  one  of  the  Library's  most  generous  donors. 
Besides  many  other  valuable  gifts  at  various  times,  his  collec- 
tion of  first  and  other  rare  editions  of  the  works  of  Robert  and 
Elizabeth  Browning  was  presented  in  1911,  the  collection  of 


such  editions  of  Tennyson  in  1918,  and  of  Byron  in  1921.  In 
1920,  Mr.  Charles  E.  Goodspeed  presented  his  large  and  valu- 
able collection  of  the  works  of  Ruskin.  Gifts  of  many  other 
donors,  and  the  bequests  of  Lady  Margaret  Huggins  in  1916 
and  of  Miss  Helen  Sanborn  in  1917  have  added  much  to  the 
resources  of  the  Library. 

Meanwhile  the  collection  had  long  since  outgrown  its  quar- 
ters in  College  Hall  even  though  from  time  to  time  other  rooms 
had  been  added  to  the  original  one,  and  in  1909  the  erection  of 
the  present  Library  building  was  begun.  It  was  opened  for  use 
in  the  spring  of  1910,  the  books  having  been  transferred  from 
College  Hall  during  the  vacation.  In  1915-16  the  part  of  the 
building  south  of  the  large  Reading  Room  was  added,  and  has 
been  occupied  since  the  fall  of  1916. 

The  Library  contains  at  present  (1921)  about  "^50^  bound 
volumes,  besides  several  thousand  pamphlets,  and  subscribes  to 
about  350  periodicals.    Many  more  are  received  by  gift. 


Description  of  the  Building 

The  building  is  of  Indiana  limestone  and  its  architecture  is 
of  the  type  known  as  Italian  Renaissance.  The  bronze  doors 
forming  the  main  entrance  to  the  building  are  the  gift  of  the 
Class  of  1886,  in  memory  of  Professor  E.  N.  Horsford,  their 
honorary  member.  They  are  the  work  of  Evelyn  Longman 
and  represent  Wisdom  and  Charity.  The  bronze  figure  of  the 
Lemnian  Athena,  goddess  of  wisdom,  on  the  pedestal  west  of 
the  entrance  was  given  by  the  class  of  1887,  that  on  the  other 
side,  the  Hestia  Giustiniani,  goddess  of  the  hearth,  by  the 
Class  of  1888. 

This  main  entrance  to  the  building  leads  directly  into  the 
Delivery  Room.  In  this  room  will  be  found  the  Catalogue, 
shelves  for  books  reserved  for  certain  classes,  other  shelves  for 
the  display  of  recently  purchased  books  and  two  large  desks  of 

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which  the  one  on  the  left  is  the  "North  Desk"  where  all  books 
taken  from  this  part  of  the  building  must  be  charged.  All 
books  taken  from  the  Library  must  be  charged  and  returned 
here  or  at  the  "South  Desk"  to  which  reference  is  made  below. 
On  the  right  is  a  desk  where  some  of  the  work  connected  with 
the  ordering  of  books  is  done.  Here  are  kept  the  publishers' 
catalogues  and  trade  bibliographies  of  the  United  States  and 
foreign  countries.  Behind  this  desk  is  a  door  opening  into  the 
Cataloguing  Room  and  the  Librarian's  Office;  beside  it  is  the 
entrance  to  the  English  Literature  Room.  In  addition  to  the 
books  reserved  for  classes  this  room  contains  the  Chaucer, 
Spenser,  Milton  and  Shakespeare  collections,  except  such  vol- 
umes as  are  necessarily  restricted  from  general  use.  There  is 
also  a  collection  of  books  covering  other  periods  of  English 
literature,  though  the  greater  number  of  such  books  are  shelved 
on  the  first  floor  of  the  book  stack,  the  entrance  to  which  is 
from  the  Delivery  Room  opposite  that  to  the  English  Litera- 
ture Room.  Bulletin  boards  are  placed  on  both  sides  of  this 
door  where  notices  and  clippings  of  interest  are  posted. 

From  the  Deliver}^  Room  the  main  stairway  ascends  to  the 
second  floor  where  are  located  the  Classics,  Economics  and 
History  Rooms. 

In  each  of  these  rooms  there  are  shelves  of  reserved  books, 
and  a  part  of  the  collection  of  books  relating  to  the  subject, 
while  other  books  on  the  same  subject  are  as  far  as  possible 
shelved  in  the  stack  room  on  the  same  floor.  In  addition  to 
these  rooms  there  is  also  on  this  floor  the  Plimpton  Room 
containing  the  Plimpton  Collection  of  Italian  books  and  manu- 
scripts described  elsewhere.  There  is  a  door  leading  to  the 
book  stack  from  the  hall  at  the  head  of  the  stairway  and  also 
one  from  the  History  Room. 

Opposite  the  main  entrance  of  the  building  on  the  floor  below 
is  the  door  from  the  Delivery  Room  into  the  large  Reading 
Room.  In  this  room,  which  provides  chairs  for  140  readers, 
the    dictionaries,    encyclopedias    and    other    general    reference 

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books  are  shelved,  also  sets  of  the  most  used  periodicals  and  a 
number  of  reserved  books  for  various  classes.  The  current 
periodicals  with  a  few  exceptions  are  kept  in  the  two  magazine 
cases  and  on  the  shelves  at  the  right  and  left  of  the  door  from 
the  Delivery  Room.  Those  on  the  shelves  are  arranged  alpha- 
betically.   The  desk  of  the  Reference  Librarian  is  in  this  room. 

On  the  wall  opposite  this  desk  is  the  portrait  of  Julia  J. 
Irvine,  President  of  the  College  1895-1899,  painted  by  Gari 
Melchers,  and  on  the  same  wall  are  portraits  of  Ellen  Fitz 
Pendleton,  President  since  1911,  and  of  Ada  Lydia  Howard, 
President  1875-1882,  the  former  painted  by  Ellen  Emmet,  the 
latter  by  Edmund  C.  Tarbell.  On  the  opposite  wall  is  the 
portrait  of  Helen  Almira  Shafer,  President  1888-1894,  painted 
by  Kenyon  Cox.  Over  the  fireplace  is  a  likeness  of  Mrs. 
Pauline  Fowle  Durant,  one  of  the  founders,  the  work  of  Carl 
Nordell.  On  this  wall  near  the  door  is  the  portrait  of  Alice 
Freeman  Palmer,  President  1882-1887,  painted  by  Abbott  H. 
Thayer,  and  on  the  other  side  of  the  fireplace  is  one  of  Caroline 
Hazard,  President  1899-1910,  painted  by  Cecilia  Beaux. 

The  coat  of  arms  at  the  left  of  the  Wellesley  Seal  at  the  end 
of  the  Reading  Room  (over  the  fireplace)  is  that  of  Emmanuel 
College,  Cambridge.  The  latter  college,  founded  in  1505  by 
*'The  Lady  Margaret"  Beaufort,  mother  of  Henry  VH,  was 
the  college  of  Walter  Mildmay,  who  in  1584  founded  Em- 
manuel, the  alma  mater  of  that  John  Harvard  who  was  an 
early  benefactor  of  Harvard  College  at  Cambridge  on  this  side 
of  the  Atlantic.  Mr.  Durant,  the  founder  of  Wellesley,  was  a 
member  of  the  Harvard  class  of  1841. 

Leaving  the  Reading  Room,  and  passing  the  stairway  at  the 
South  end  of  the  building,  one  faces  the  "South  Desk"  where 
books  from  this  part  of  the  building  are  charged.  On  the  right 
is  the  entrance  to  the  Science  Room,  on  the  left  to  the  Phil- 
osophy and  Education  Room.  In  the  latter  are  the  books 
connected  with  study  in  those  departments.  In  the  former  are 
most  of  the  books   classified  in  the   departments  of   Botany, 

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Zoology,  Geology  and  Physics.  The  handsome  piece  of  Chi- 
nese embroidery  on  satin  hanging  in  the  hallway  was  a  gift  to 
the  College  many  years  ago  from  Professor  E.  N.  Horsford. 
The  Bokhara  embroidery  hanging  on  the  stairway  leading  to 
the  floor  below  was  the  gift  of  Mrs.  J.  N.  Fiske.  On  this 
lower  floor  are  two  rooms,  one  containing  books  for  the  study 
of  the  Bible  and  of  the  history  of  religions,  the  other  devoted 
to  the  modern  languages. 

On  the  third  floor  of  this  part  of  the  building  is  a  room  used 
at  present  for  a  newspaper  room,  the  Brooks  Memorial  Room, 
and  the  Treasure  Room,  which  are  described  elsewhere. 

In  the  large  hall  are  cases  containing  a  collection  of  jewels, 
seals,  gems  and  curios,  the  bequest  of  Lady  Huggins  to  the 
College  in  1916.  Descriptions  of  articles  in  the  collection  will 
be  found  on  the  cases. 

In  the  basement  of  the  Library  are  the  students'  coat  room, 
a  seminar  room  for  the  use  of  small  classes  and  a  room  reserved 
for  the  use  of  graduate  students,  besides  the  Pierce  Memorial 
Room  described  on  p.  25. 

Arrangement  and  Location  of  Books 

Books  are  classified  by  subject  according  to  the  Dewey 
decimal  system,  and  within  each  class  are  in  general  arranged 
alphabetically  by  name  of  author.  In  the  Department  Rooms, 
the  arrangement  begins  on  the  left  as  one  enters,  and  shelves 
should  be  read  from  top  to  bottom  and  from  left  to  right  of 
each  section  both  in  these  rooms  and  in  the  stack.  In  the  stack 
each  case  bears  a  card  stating  what  numbers  are  to  be  found 
in  that  case,  and  a  large  card  near  the  entrance  to  each  floor 
shows  what  subjects,  as  indicated  by  the  classification  numbers, 
are  shelved  there.  A  brief  outline  of  the  system  of  classifica- 
tion will  be  found  on  p.  28.  Large  books,  quartos  and  folios, 
are  in  general  shelved  at  the  back  of  each  floor  of  the  stack  or 
at  one  end  of  the  Department  Room  in  which  they  may  be 

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located.  Exceptions  to  thtbe  locations  are  noted  on  the  cata- 
logue card  which  should  always  indicate  clearly  where  a  book 
is  shelved.  After  finding  the  entry  in  the  catalogue  (see  p.  16 
The  Catalogue),  the  call  number  on  the  upper  left  hand  corner 
of  the  card  should  be  copied  on  one  of  the  slips  provided  for 
the  purpose,  including  any  letters  indicating  location  or  size. 
It  is  a  mistake  to  trust  the  memory,  for  unless  the  number  is 
remembered  exactly  finding  the  book  on  the  shelves  becomes  a 
matter  of  chance.  In  the  Department  Rooms  at  the  South  end 
of  the  building  and  at  the  front  of  each  floor  of  the  stack  at 
the  North  end  are  shelves  labeled  "Return  Shelves"  where 
books  waiting  to  be  returned  to  their  proper  location  are  placed 
temporarily.  Students  should  look  over  these  shelves  in  the 
room  where  they  expect  to  find  a  book  before  deciding  that  it 
is  not  there.  Desk  attendants  are  always  glad  to  assist  stu- 
dents in  finding  books  if  the  exact  call  number  is  brought  to 
the  desk. 

Location  of  Books 

Exceptions  to  these  locations  are  indicated  on  the  catalogue 

cards. 

010-  99     Bibliography    Second  floor  stack 

100-199     Philosophy    Philosophy  and  Education  Room 

200-299    Religion    Biblical  History  Room 

300-369,   380-399    Economics   and 

Sociology Third  floor  stack  and  Economics  Room 

370-379     Education  Philosophy  and  Education  Room 

400-499     Philology     Second  floor  stack 

500-599     Science    Science  Room  and  Basement  stack 

600-699    Useful  arts  Second  floor  stack 

700-799     Fine   arts    Second  floor  stack 

800-899    Literature 

800-829,  839   First  floor  stack  and  English  Literature 

Room 

830-838,   840-869    Modern  Languages  Room 

870-889     Third  floor  stack  and  Classics  Room 

890-899     First  floor  stack 

900-999    History   Third  floor  stack  and  History  Room 

900-999  (oversize   books)    Second  floor  stack 

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Reserved  Books 

Books  reserved  for  the  use  of  classes  are  shelved  in  Depart- 
ment Rooms,  the  Delivery  Room  and  the  Reading  Room.  A 
guide  to  the  location  of  shelves  and  lists  of  the  books  reserved 
in  each  end  of  the  building  are  kept  at  both  North  and  South 
desks  and  the  attendant  at  either  desk  will  be  glad  to  assist 
students  in  finding  the  books  needed.  Reserved  books  should 
be  returned  to  the  shelf  when  no  longer  needed  so  that  they  can 
more  easily  be  found  by  other  students.  Other  rules  for  the 
use  of  these  books  will  be  found  on  p.  31.  Library  Rules  and 
Regulations. 

Periodicals 

The  Library  receives  about  450  periodicals;  until  these  are 
bound  most  of  them  are  kept  on  the  magazine  cases  and  in  the 
drawers  underneath  them  at  the  north  end  of  the  Reading 
Room,  or  alphabetically  arranged  on  the  shelves  at  the  same 
end  of  the  room.  The  current  numbers  are  displayed  on  the 
magazine  cases,  unbound  back  numbers  are  in  the  drawers 
below.  A  guide  is  posted  over  each  case  showing  where  to  look 
for  back  numbers.  On  the  shelves  the  current  numbers  should 
be  found  on  top  of  each  pile  of  magazines. 

A  few  magazines  of  very  special  interest  to  the  departments 
in  question  are  sent  to  the  Department  Rooms. 

Bound  magazines  of  technical  character  are  classified  ac- 
cording to  subject  and  shelved  in  their  appropriate  place. 
Periodicals  of  general  interest  when  bound  are  shelved  alpha- 
betically in  the  Reading  Room  and  in  the  stack  on  the  first 
floor. 

The  Library  also  subscribes  to  the  London  Times,  the  Man- 
chester Guardian,  Le  Temps,  and  the  more  important  British 
and  French  weeklies,  in  addition  to  newspapers  representing 
different  sections  of  the  United  States.  The  newspapers  are 
kept  in  a  room  on  the  third  floor  of  the  south  wing. 

IS 


The  Catalogue 

The  Card  Catalogue,  which  is  filed  in  cases  in  one  corner  of 
the  Delivery  Room,  furnishes  a  record  of  the  books  in  the  de- 
partmental libraries  of  Art,  Astronomy,  Botany,  Chemistry, 
Hygiene  and  Music  as  well  as  of  the  collections  in  the  General 
Library. 

All  of  the  cards,  including  author,  subject,  title,  series  and 
reference  cards,  are  arranged  in  a  single  alphabet,  forming  what 
is  known  as  a  Dictionary  Catalogue.  Here  one  should  be  able 
to  find  quickly: 

1.  What  books  the  Library  has  by  a  given  author. 

2.  What  important  material  the  Library  has  upon  a  given 

subject. 

3.  Whether  the  Library  has  a  book  of  any  given  title,  pro- 

vided the  title  is  a  striking  one. 

4.  How  many  volumes  of  any  well  known  series  the  Library 

possesses. 

The  call  number  of  each  book  appears  on  the  upper  left  hand 
corner  of  the  card.  Here  also  is  indicated  the  number  of  copies 
in  the  Library,  and  whether  they  are  bound  or  unbound;  also 
their  location,  if  kept  in  any  special  collection,  i,  e.  Billings 
Hall,  Hemenway  Hall,  Reading  Room,  Treasure  Room,  etc. 
The  letters  CI,  E,  Hs  and  L  are  stamped  in  blue  near  the  call 
number  when  the  book  belongs  in  the  Classics,  Economics, 
History  or  Literature  rooms.  If  the  book  is  a  quarto  or  a  jolio, 
the  letter  q  or  f  in  red  forms  a  part  of  the  call  number,  indicat- 
ing that  the  book  belongs  on  the  special  "oversize"  shelves. 

A  few  suggestions  may  be  of  help  in  using  the  Catalogue. 

To  find  what  periodicals  the  Library  has  on  the  subject  of 
Botany,  look  for  the  heading,  Botany.  Periodicals,  remember- 
ing that  all  subject  headings  are  written  in  red.  Here  will  be 
found  cards  for  all  such  periodicals.  To  find  material  on  the 
French    Revolution,   look   for   the  heading,   France.    History. 

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Revolution,  1789-1799.    Cards  for  books  of  poetry  on  the  Great 
War  will  appear  under  the  heading,  European  War,  1914- 
Poetry.     For   collections   of   American   plays    look   under   the 
heading,  American  drama.    Collections. 

Bleyer .  Hozv  to  write  special  feature  articles  will  be  found  by 
looking  either  under  Bleyer,  under  the  heading  Journalism,  or 
under  the  title.  A  novel  by  Hugh  Walpole  will  be  found  by 
looking  for  the  name  Walpole,  or  for  the  title  of  the  one  desired, 
e.  g.  Jeremy. 

A  title  card  is  seldom  made  for  a  book  whose  title  begins  with 
a  phrase  such  as  "Introduction  to  .  .  .";  History  of  .  .  .  ,"  etc. 
To  find  Pancoast,  An  introduction  to  English  literature,  or 
Channing,  History  of  the  United  States,  one  should  not  look 
for  the  title  but  for  the  name  of  the  author,  or  for  the  heading 
English  literature.  History  and  criticism,  or  U.  S.  History,  as 
the  case  may  be. 

Cards  for  each  publication  of  the  Carnegie  Institution  of 
Washington  will  be  found  under  author  and  subject,  but  a 
complete  list,  with  the  call  number  for  each,  will  be  found  under 
the  heading,  Carnegie  Institution  of  Washington.  Publications. 
Similar  entries  are  made  for  many  other  series,  e.  g.  English 
Men  of  Letters  series;  Mediaeval  Towns  series;  Psychological 
Monographs,  etc. 

Note:  The  Catalogue  is  at  present  (1921)  in  a  transition 
stage,  the  old  cards  being  replaced  as  fast  as  possible  by  cards 
of  standard  size.  Subject  headings  on  the  old  cards  are  not 
written  in  red,  but  are  always  indented,  and  size  marks  are  not 
always  included  in  the  call  number  but  are  found  as  part  of 
the  information  on  the  body  of  the  card  after  the  imprint. 

SOME  ABBREVIATIONS  USED  IN  THE 
CATALOGUE. 

abr abridged       ausg ausgabe 

app appendix       b bom 

anon anonymous       bd band,  bound 

arr arranged       c copyrighted 

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c,  ca.,  cir circa   (about) 

chap chapter 

cm centimeter 

col colored 

comp compiled,  compiler 

Cong Congress 

cop copy 

D.,  12mo.,  12°   duodecimo 

d died 

dept department 

ex.,  exec executive 

ed edition,  editor 

engr engraved,  engraver 

enl enlarged 

F.,  f_°,  fol folio 

facsim facsimile 

fasc fascicule 

fl flourished 

front frontispiece 

hrsg herausgeben 

illus illustrated,  illustrator 

inaug.,  diss.    . .    inaugural  dissertation 

1.,  11 leaf,  leaves 

Ifg lieferung 

ms.,  mss.    . .    manuscript,  manuscripts 

n.d no  date 

n.f neue  folge 

n.p no  place  of  publication 

n.s new  series 

nar narrow 

numb numbered 

0.,  8vo.,  8°    octavo 

obi oblong 

p.,  pp page,  pages' 


pam pamphlet 

pt part 

ptie partie 

pi plate,  plates 

port portrait 

pref preface 

priv.  print privately  printed 

pseud pseudonym 

pub published,  publisher 

Q.,  4to.,  4°   quarto 

rev revised 

S.,   16mo.,   16°    sixteenmo 

sen senate 

ser series 

sess session 

sig signature 

soc society 

sq square 

suppl supplement 

T.,  24mo.,  24° twenty-fourmo 

t.,  th teil,  theil 

t tome 

t.p title  page 

t.p.w title  page  wanting 

tr translated,  translator 

ubers ubersetzt 

umgearb umgearbeitct 

unb unbound 

V.  vol volume 

v.p various  paging 

verb verbesserte 

verm vermehrte 

vs versus 


THE  REFERENCE  COLLECTION. 

The  term  "reference  books"  is  used  in  libraries  to  indicate 
books  to  which  one  turns  to  find  some  special  fact,  but  which 
one  does  not  expect  to  read  through  consecutively.  Such  books 
are  most  often  of  the  dictionary  or  cyclopedia  sort,  that  is, 
compilations  of  disconnected  material  in  an  alphabetical 
arrangement.  Some  of  them  are  general, — one  may  reasonably 
hope  to  find  something  in  them  about  almost  any  subject, — 


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others  are  confined  to  some  special  field.  Many  of  the  ref- 
erence books  of  the  latter,  special,  class  are  kept,  in  this 
Library,  with  the  collection  of  that  department  of  the  College 
which  specially  studies  their  subject;  for  instance,  the  cyclo- 
pedias of  chemistry  are  in  the  library  room  of  the  Chemistry 
Building.  But  the  large  reading  room  of  the  general  library 
building  contains  a  collection  of  reference  books,  general  and  on 
various  special  subjects,  for  which  each  member  of  the  College 
is  likely  to  have  frequent  need,  and  consequently  these  books 
are  not  to  be  taken  from  the  room  without  permission.  They 
are  shelved  in  the  order  of  their  call  numbers  on  the  west 
side  of  the  room,  the  arrangement  beginning  back  of  the  Ref- 
erence Librarian's  desk.  A  few  words  about  some  of  the 
most  used  ones  may  be  helpful. 

The  recent  cyclopedias  published  in  this  country,  the  New 
International  and  the  Americana,  are  probably  those  taken 
from  the  shelves  most  often,  for  their  aim  is  to  give  informa- 
tion on  every  topic  about  which  the  ordinary  American  is 
likely  to  inquire,  under  the  heading  he  is  likely  to  look  for. 
The  Encyclopedia  Brittanica  and  the  French  cyclopedia.  La 
Grande  Encyclopedie,  pay  less  attention  to  the  United  States, 
are  planned  for  more  scholarly  readers  and  generally  give  their 
material  under  more  inclusive  headings.  Pkyfe's  5000  Facts 
and  Fancies  is  a  small  collection  of  concisely  stated  bits  of 
information  about  all  varieties  of  out-of-the-way  matters. 

Of  the  Biblical  cyclopedias,  Hastings  and  Cheyne  and  Black, 
Hastings  is  a  little  more  readable  and  less  conservative.  East- 
ing's Encyclopedia  of  Religion  and  Ethics  and  McClintock  and 
Strong  treat  of  all  religions,  and  the  former  is  both  very  recent 
and  very  learned. 

The  section  of  books  on  sociological  and  economic  matters 
begins  with  Bliss'  Encyclopedia  of  Social  Reform,  which,  though 
published  in  1908,  is  still  very  useful  for  the  history  of  move- 
ments and  theories  before  its  date.  Several  annual  publications 
follow;  the  World's  Almanac  is  a  cyclopedia  in  little,  a  book  of 

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ready  reference  for  current  and  perennial  facts  and  figures;  the 
Statesman's  Yearbook  is  an  authoritative  source  for  facts  of 
government  and  administration,  and  for  statistics  of  popula- 
tion, commerce,  production,  etc;  the  American  Yearbook  sum- 
marizes the  happenings  of  the  last  complete  calendar  year  in 
all  lines,  but  is  especially  useful  for  recent  economic  and  politi- 
cal history. 

Among  the  English  dictionaries,  choose  Murray's  Oxford  or 
New  English  Dictionary  for  accuracy  and  fullness  in  the  history 
of  words  and  their  definition  and  illustration  of  their  use.  Of 
dictionaries  published  in  America,  the  Century  is  fuller  and 
more  scholarly  than  Webster  and  the  Standard;  the  latter  are 
more  popular  and  less  historical  in  their  methods  and  include 
more  words.  To  supplement  the  dictionaries  in  the  study  of 
synonymous  words,  use  the  small  handbooks  of  Allen,  Fernald 
and  Crabb.  Foreign  language  lexicons  stand  next  on  the 
shelves,  and  other  copies  of  most  of  them  can  be  found  in  the 
rooms  of  the  Modern  Languages  and  Classical  Departments. 

If  you  wish  to  verify  literary  quotations  or  to  learn  their 
authors,  the  collections  of  Bartlett  and  Stokes  are  gathered  from 
all  times  and  languages.  Bartlett  is  arranged  by  authors  and 
has  an  index  of  subjects  and  catchwords,  while  Stokes  uses  the 
subject  arrangement  with  an  author  index.  Other  collections  on 
the  same  shelves  list  quotations  from  foreign  literatures  only. 
Here,  too,  are  dictionaries  of  the  works  of  three  individual 
Writers,  but  there  are  other  books  of  this  sort  and  concordances 
to  the  works  of  some  special  authors  which  it  is  thought  best 
to  shelve  in  other  rooms  with  the  works  themselves. 

Coming  to  historical  reference  books,  Putnam  and  Nichol 
are  made  up  of  tables  arranged  so  that  one  sees  at  a  glance  the 
contemporaneous  men  and  events  in  various  countries  through 
the  centuries.  Larned's  History  for  Ready  Reference  is  a  uni- 
versal history  in  dictionary  form,  extending  from  the  begin- 
nings to  1910,  and  made  up  largely  by  quoting  from  whatever 
writers  are  thought  in  the  case  of  each  event  to  give  the  best 

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accounts.  Of  the  two  classical  dictionaries,  Harper  and  Smith 
(the  latter  in  three  parts),  Harper  is  briefer  and  rather  more 
popular  and  generally  has  its  headings  in  English  or  refers 
from  the  English  term,  while  Smith  regularly  uses  Latin  head- 
ings without  references  from  the  English.  Smith  is  fuller  and 
more  precise  in  referring  to  classical  sources.  Low  and  Pulling  s 
Dictionary  of  English  History  and  Harper's  Encyclopedia  of 
U.  S.  History  are  often  valuable  as  giving  the  clues  for  further 
reading,  though,  if  bibliographies  are  wanted,  they  are  usually 
not  so  good  as  the  general  and  biographical  cyclopedias. 

Lippincott  is  the  only  purely  biographical  reference  book, 
aside  from  Michaud  and  the  Nouvelle  Biographie  Generale 
(both  in  French  and  far  from  recent  in  date  though  still  very 
valuable),  which  gives  accounts  of  men  of  all  ages  and  coun- 
tries. The  Dictionary  of  National  Biography  is  devoted  to  sub- 
jects of  the  British  Empire,  and  the  Allgemei7ie  Deutsche 
Biographie  is  similarly  limited  to  Germany.  Both  are  very  re- 
liable and  of  literary  value  and  both  take  up  only  men  no 
longer  living,  though  they  publish  supplemental  volumes  from 
time  to  time  so  that  they  are  periodically  brought  near  such 
completeness  as  is  consistent  with  their  plan.  Appleton,  Lamb, 
and  the  National  Cyclopaedia  of  Americayi  Biography,  the  three 
American  biographical  works,  include  living  persons  and  have 
neither  the  authority  nor  the  literary  value  of  the  English  and 
German  publications.  Then  there  are  the  various  Who's  Whos, 
intended  to  be  revised  at  brief  intervals  and  to  include  only 
living  men.  The  original  one  is  published  in  England  but  in- 
cludes very  prominent  men  outside  Great  Britain.  Who's  Who 
in  America?,  Qui  Est  Vous?  and  Wer  Ist's?  are  confined  to  the 
United  States,  France  and  Germany  respectively.  The  general 
cyclopedias  with  which  this  list  began  of  course  include  bio- 
graphical material,  in  some  cases  the  fullest  and  most  valuable 
obtainable. 

Atlases  are  to  be  found  in  the  atlas  case  on  the  east  side  of 
the  room.     Of  those  called  historical,  Droysen,  Shepherd  and 

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Putzger  illustrate  situations  at  all  periods  of  the  world's  his- 
tory. Lane-Poole  and  Dow  confine  themselves  to  modern 
Europe,  the  former,  which  is  the  best  historical  atlas  with 
English  text,  to  the  Europe  of  modern  times.  Gardner  maps 
only  English  history.  Bartholomew's  Citizen's  Atlas,  the 
Century,  the  Encyclopedia  Britannica  and  Rand  and  McNally 
are  the  most  usable  of  the  modern  political  atlases,  and  Stieler 
is  the  most  detailed  and  accurate. 

What  the  Library  has  of  the  New  York  Times  Index  and  the 
many  volumes  of  the  general  magazine  indexes  (Poole  and  the 
Reader's  Guide),  are  on  the  small  book  case  and  the  table  back 
of  the  Reference  Librarian's  desk.  Whoever  is  stationed  at  this 
desk  is  ready  at  any  time  to  explain  the  use  of  these  tools,  and 
to  her  also  every  student  is  urged  to  apply  for  explanation  or 
.assistance  in  all  her  use  of  the  Library. 

SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS 
The  Treasure  Room. 

The  Treasure  Room  on  the  third  floor  of  the  south  end  of 
the  building  contains  the  following  special  collections: 

The  Browniiig  Collection  consists  of  first  and  other  rare  edi- 
tions of  the  works  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  Browning  besides  a 
•number  of  books  of  great  interest  as  having  belonged  to  Robert 
Browning,  the  proof  sheets  of  Mrs.  Browning's  poems  with 
corrections  in  her  own  hand  and  directions  to  the  printer  writ- 
ten by  Robert  Browning,  and  the  original  manuscript  of  Aurora 
Leigh. 

The  Tennyson  Collection  consists  of  a  complete  collection  of 
'first  editions  of  Tennyson's  works  and  much  valuable  collateral 
material,  including  the  original  letters  of  Arthur  Hallam  to 
Emily  Tennyson,  beautifully  mounted  and  bound.  The  Byron 
Collection  includes  letters  from  Lord  and  Lady  Byron  as  well 
as  first  editions  of  Lord  Byron's  works. 

Books  in  these  collections  are  the  gift  of  Professor  George 


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Herbert  Palmer,  with  the  exception  of  the  manuscript  letters  of 
Arthur  Hallam  just  mentioned  and  the  manuscript  of  Aurora 
Leigh,  both  of  which  were  given  by  Mr.  Galen  L.  Stone. 

The  Ruskin  Collection,  gift  of  Mr.  Charles  E.  Goodspeed, 
consists  of  a  complete  collection  of  all  authorized  editions  of 
Modern  Painters,  Stones  of  Venice  and  the  Seven  Lamps  of 
Architecture,  the  original  issues  in  parts  of  such  works  as  were 
issued  periodically,  many  very  rare  pamphlets,  early  American 
editions,  literary  annuals  in  which  the  early  work  of  Ruskin 
first  appeared,  selections  from  his  works,  publications  of  Ruskin 
societies,  etc. 

Besides  the  above  mentioned  collections,  the  Treasure  Room 
contains  a  large  number  of  other  rare  and  valuable  books  and 
manuscripts,  gifts  of  the  founders  and  of  other  friends  of  the 
College.  Among  the  manuscripts  might  be  mentioned  the 
large  and  handsomely  illuminated  Gradual  of  the  fourteenth 
or  early  fifteenth  century,  a  smaller  volume  of  ritual  music  of 
the  same  date,  the  original  charter  given  to  a  monastery  in 
Rome  by  Otto  III  in  996,  and  a  charter  granting  mineral  rights 
to  one  of  his  subjects  by  Charles  V  of  Spain  signed  by  him  at 
Worms  on  the  day  Luther  was  summoned  to  the  Diet,  March 
6th,  1521.  There  is  also  a  notable  collection  of  early  editions 
of  Luther's  works,  including  the  German  Bible  of  1545,  the  last 
edition  revised  by  him,  another  Bible  once  owned  by  Melanc- 
thon  containing  notes  in  his  handwriting,  and  a  copy  of  his 
Loci  Communes  with  many  autographs  of  German  theologians 
of  the  time  on  inserted  leaves,  and  with  Melancthon's  own 
marginal  annotations,  some  of  them  dated. 

The  Library  has  also  a  collection  of  autograph  letters,  in- 
cluding some  of  considerable  value,  and  many  valuable  auto- 
graphed copies  of  books  once  belonging  to  famous  men. 

In  the  Treasure  Room  are  12  of  the  55  examples  of  incuna- 
bula (books  printed  before  1500),  owned  by  the  Library.  Three 
of  those  in  this  room  are  the  only  copies  listed  in  the  Census 
of  Fifteenth  Century  Books  owned  in  America. 

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In  1921  the  trustees  of  the  College  presented  to  the  Library 
the  portrait  of  Professor  George  Herbert  Palmer,  painted  by- 
Mrs.  Winifred  Rieber,  which  is  placed  in  this  room  in  recogni- 
tion of  his  interest  in  the  rare  book  collection  to  which  he  has 
contributed  so  generously. 

The  Plimpton  Room. 

The  Plimpton  Collection  of  Italian  books  and  manuscripts, 
chiefly  of  the  Renaissance  period,  was  given  to  the  Library  by 
Mr.  George  A.  Plimpton  in  memory  of  his  wife,  Frances  Taylor 
Pearsons  Plimpton,  of  the  class  of  1884.  It  includes  a  collec- 
tion of  rare  and  unique  editions  of  early  romances  of  chivalry, 
which  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  world;  43  volumes  of  incuna- 
bula, many  of  them  the  only  copies  listed  in  the  "Census"; 
early  editions  of  Dante,  Petrarch  and  other  Italian  poets;  manu- 
scripts of  the  fourteenth  and  fifteenth  centuries,  and  a  collec- 
tion of  Savonarola's  tracts  and  sermons,  issued  during  the  life- 
time of  the  great  reformer,  now  exceedingly  rare  and  having  the 
added  interest  of  containing  early  examples  of  ItaHan  wood 
engraving. 

This  collection  is  kept  in  the  room  known  as  the  Plimpton 
Room,  located  on  the  second  floor  at  the  north  end  of  the 
Library. 

Exhibitions  of  the  rare  books  and  manuscripts  owned  by  the 
Library  are  held  at  intervals  in  the  Treasure  Room,  and  there 
may  always  be  found  interesting  examples  from  these  collec- 
tions with  descriptive  notes  in  the  cases  in  the  halls  outside  the 
Treasure  Room  and  the  Plimpton  Room. 

The  Brooks  Memorial  Room. 

The  Brooks  Room  was  furnished  in  1921  by  the  class  of  1891 
and  other  friends  in  memory  of  Henrietta  St.  Barbe  Brooks,  a 
member  of  that  class  and  Librarian  of  the  College  from  1910 
to  1916.     The  room,  which  has  been  given  the  character  of  a 

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private  library,  Is  primarily  designed  for  reading  rather  than 
study  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  collection  of  choice  books  in  this 
quiet  and  beautiful  room  may  increase  the  number  of  "wise 
lovers  of  books"  in  the  College. 

In  addition  to  the  books  purchased  especially  for  it,  the 
Morgan  Collection,  given  in  memory  of  Miss  Anne  Eugenia 
Morgan,  formerly  Professor  of  Philosophy,  and  the  Jewett 
Collection,  a  memorial  to  Miss  Sophie  Jewett,  Professor  of 
English  Literature,  are  in  this  room,  as  well  as  books  from  the 
bequests  of  Lady  Margaret  Huggins,  Miss  Lucy  A.  Plympton 
of  the  class  of  1900,  and  Miss  Helen  J.  Sanborn  of  the  class  of 
4906.-  /   "•"•'/- 

The  requirement  that  these  books  are  to  be  used  in  the 
Brooks  Room  only  and  without  ink  or  fountain  pens  is  intended 
to  safeguard  the  quiet  and  freshness  of  the  room. 

The  Pierce  Memorial  Room. 

The  Pierce  Memorial  Room,  furnished  by  the  class  of  1891 
as  a  reading  room  for  members  of  the  faculty,  in  memory  of 
Aliss  Caroline  F.  Pierce,  1891,  Librarian  of  the  College  1903  to 
1909,  contains  the  collection  of  theses  written  by  graduate 
students  of  the  College,  the  Historical  Collection,  and  the  few 
books  remaining  from  the  Horsford  Collection  of  books  in  and 
relating  to  the  Languages  of  the  North  American  Indians. 

DEPARTMENT  LIBRARIES 

Art  Library 

The  Department  of  Art  has  its  library  in  the  Art  Building. 

Astronomy  Library 

All  books  relating  to  Astronomy  are  kept  at  the  Observatory. 

Botany  Library 

A  selection  of  books  known  as  the  Botany  Library  is  kept  in 
Stone  Hall. 


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Chemistry  Library 

Practically  all  the  books  relating  to  the  subject  of  Chemistry 
are  in  the  Chemistry  Building. 

Hemenway  Hall  Library 

The  Department  of  Hygiene  and  Physical  Education  has  its 
library  in  Hemenway  Hall. 

Music  Library 

The  Department  of  Music  has  its  library  on  the  second  floor 
of  Billings  Hall. 

SUGGESTIONS  AS  TO  THE  CARE  OF  BOOKS 

"We  are  not  only  rendering  service  to  God  in  preparing  volumes  of  new 
books  but  also  exercising  an  office  of  sacred  piety  when  we  treat  books 
carefully  and  again  when  we  restore  them  to  their  proper  places  and  com- 
mend them  to  inviolable  custody;  that  they  may  rejoice  in  purity  while  we 
have  them  in  our  hands  and  rest  securely  when  they  are  put  back  in  their 
repositories.  .  .  .  Wherefore  we  deem  it  expedient  to  warn  our  students  of 
various  negligencies  which  might  easily  be  avoided  and  do  wonderful  harm 
to  books." 

The  Philobiblon  of  Richard  de  Bury. 

Directions  to  children  about  the  use  of  books  might  read: 
"Have  your  hands  clean  when  you  touch  books,  do  not  open 
them  roughly  or  too  far,  and  do  not  write  or  draw  in  them  or 
turn  down  the  corners  of  the  leaves."  In  speaking  to  college 
women,  one  would  prefer  to  think  such  directions  unnecessary 
and  would  make  other  suggestions. 

In  taking  a  large  heavy  book  from  the  shelf,  do  so  if  possible 
by  drawing  it  toward  you  from  the  bottom  and  sides  as  well  as 
from  the  top. 

If  in  the  course  of  your  work  you  lay  one  book  open  upon  an- 
other, be  sure  that  the  cover  of  the  upper  book  will  not  soil  the 
pages  nor  its  weight  break  the  back  of  the  one  beneath.  Close 
heavy  books  like  dictionaries  and  encyclopedias  with  particular 
care.  Their  first  pages,  and  others  also,  if  of  thin  paper,  take 
every  chance  to  fold  back  and  become  creased,  and  a  page  so 
creased  never  recovers. 


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Book  marks  should  be  thin.  Pencils,  for  instance,  shut  into 
books  are  very  likely  to  break  the  backs. 

Do  not  crowd  books  on  reserved  or  return  shelves  by  thrust- 
ing them  in  horizontally  or  obliquely.  Even  when  you  are  leav- 
ing the  Library  hastily,  do  not  save  time  by  careless  or  rough 
treatment  of  the  book  you  have  been  using. 

Remember  that  making  corrections  or  annotations  in  books 
not  belonging  to  yourself  is  indefensible  even  when  intended 
to  be  helpful.  Correction  of  the  text  is  a  dangerous  matter 
even  in  one's  own  book.  For  example,  changing  certain  figures 
in  order  to  bring  them  down  to  date  would  result  in  real  in- 
consistency in  the  book  whose  argument  is  based  on  the  figures 
it  gives.  Let  the  preface  or  copyright  date  account  to  each 
user  of  the  book  for  the  statements  included  in  it. 

If  you  are  taking  a  course  in  the  Department  of  Reading  and 
Speaking,  spend  a  few  minutes  in  making  notes  of  your  begin- 
nings, endings  and  omissions  in  each  of  the  selections  you  choose 
instead  of  indicating  these  by  marks  which  you  have  no  right 
to  make  in  library  books,  and  which  later  require,  the  time  of 
a  library  assistant  for  their  erasure.  If  they  are  not  discovered 
and  erased,  later  users  of  the  book  feel  the  same  displeasure 
you  would  experience  in  a  like  case.  Suppose  that  some  mem- 
ber of  your  class  chooses  to  repeat  the  exquisite  tale  of  quaint 
little  Annunziata  from  "My  Friend  Prospero,"  by  Henry  Har- 
land,  and  does  it  so  well  that  you  are  moved  to  read  the  whole 
story  for  yourself.  If  you  find  the  book  disfigured  by  pencil 
marks  your  conviction  Is  instant  that  the  narrator  you  heard 
could  not  have  made  them.  The  person  who  could  so  mistreat 
the  book  could  not  appreciate  the  delicacy  of  the  story. 

In  general  the  thoughtless  marring  or  injury  of  the  property 
of  another,  or  of  anything  which  has  value,  is  excusable  in  an 
irresponsible  child  but  not  in  anyone  of  mature  years.  There 
is  no  surer  test  of  refinement  than  the  manner  in  which  a  person 
handles  a  book. 


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THE  LIBRARY  STAFF 

There  are  nearly  always  at  least  three  members  of  the 
Library  staff  at  the  immediate  service  of  users  of  the  Library^ 
attendants  at  each  of  the  loan  desks  and  the  Reference  Li- 
brarian or  another  member  of  the  staff  on  duty  in  her  place. 
Attendants  at  the  loan  desks  will  answer  any  inquiry  about  the 
location  of  books  or  reserved  shelves  or  about  entries  in  the 
catalogue.  Questions  as  to  the  material  in  the  Library  on  a 
given  subject^  or  any  question  dealing  with  the  resources  of  the 
Library,  should  be  asked  of  the  Reference  Librarian,  who  is 
always  ready  to  advise  and  direct  students  in  their  search.  It 
must  be  remembered  that  the  resources  of  the  Library  on  any 
subject  have  not  been  exhausted  until  the  Reference  Librarian 
has  been  consulted,  as  material  not  yet  catalogued  or  not 
reached  by  the  usual  indexes  to  periodicals  often  eludes  the 
student.  Where  the  Library  lacks  material  it  is  often  possible 
to  obtain  it  within  a  few  days  from  libraries  in  Boston  or  its 
vicinity  by  means  of  the  inter-library  loan  system. 

The  Librarian  is  very  glad  to  see  students  in  her  office  to  talk 
with  them  about  anything  connected  with  the  Library.  Stu- 
dents who  consider  entering  library  work  after  leaving  College 
are  especially  urged  to  consult  her. 

Suggestions  as  to  the  purchase  of  books  are  welcomed  from 
students  and  as  far  as  possible  carried  out.  Any  suggestions  or 
criticisms  made  to  the  Librarian  or  to  either  of  the  Associate 
Librarians  will  receive  careful  consideration,  as  the  Library 
desires  nothing  so  much  as  complete  co-operation  with  students 
and  members  of  the  faculty. 

CLASSIFICATION  OF  BOOKS 

220  Bible 

230  Christian    doctrine.    Theology 

260  The  Church 

270  Religious   history 

290  Non-Christian   religions 

300  Social  and  Political  sciences 

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010 

Bibliography- 

100 

Philosophy 

150 

Psychology 

160 

Logic 

170 

Ethics 

200 

Religion 

370 

Education 

812 

American  drama 

400 

Philology 

813 

American  fiction 

420 

English  philology 

814 

American  essays 

423 

Dictionaries 

815 

American  orations 

425 

Grammar 

816 

American  letters 

429 

Anglo-Saxon 

817 

American  humor 

430 

German  philology 

*820 

English  literature 

439 

Minor  Teutonic  languages 

829 

Anglo  Saxon 

440 

French 

*830 

German  literature 

449 

Provencal 

839 

Danish,  Icelandic,  etc. 

450 

Italian 

*840 

French  literature 

460 

Spanish 

*850 

Italian  literature 

469 

Portuguese 

*860 

Spanish  literature 

470 

Latin 

*870 

Latin  literature 

480 

Greek 

*880 

Greek   literature 

500 

Science 

890 

Minor  literatures 

510 

Mathematics 

900 

History 

520 

Astronomy 

910 

Geography  and  travel 

530 

Physics 

920 

Biography 

540 

Chemistry 

930 

Ancient  history 

550 

Geology 

937 

Rome 

560 

Paleontology 

938 

Greece 

570 

Biology 

940 

European  history- 

580 

Botany 

942 

England 

590 

Zoology 

943 

Germany 

600 

Useful  arts 

944 

France 

630 

Agriculture 

945 

Italy- 

640 

Domestic  science 

946 

Spain 

700 

Fine  Arts 

947 

Russia 

710 

Landscape  gardening 

948 

Norway,  Sweden,  Denmark 

720 

Architecture 

949 

Minor  European   countries 

730 

Sculpture 

950 

Asia 

740 

Drawing 

960 

Africa 

750 

Painting 

970 

North    America 

760 

Engraving 

971 

British  America,  Canada 

780 

Music 

972 

Mexico,  Central  America 

800 

Literature 

973 

United  States 

810 

American  literature 

980 

South  America 

811 

American  poetry 

990 

Oceanica,  Polar  regions 

820-880  sub-divided  like  810. 


LIBRARY    RULES    AND    REGULATIONS 

Sir  Thomas  Bodley,  founder  of  the  famous  Bodleian  Library  at  Oxford, 
ruled  that  before  any  graduate  or  person  of  note  should  be  given  the  privilege 
of  the  Library  he  should  appear  before  the  Vice-chancellor,  or  his  substitute, 
and  there  in  the  presence  of  the  Keeper  should  take  the  oath  of  fidelity  to 
the  Library  which  should  be  administered  in  these  words: 

''You  shall  promise  and  swear  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God  that  when- 
soever you  shall  repair  to  the  Publick  Library  of  the  University  you  will  con- 


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form  yourself  to  study  with  modesty  and  silence;  and  use  both  the  books  and 
everything  which  pertains  to  their  furniture  with  a  careful  respect  to  their 
longest  conservation;  and  that  neither  yourself  in  person,  nor  any  other 
whatsoever  by  your  procurement  or  privity,  shall  either  openly  or  underhand 
by  way  of  embezzling,  changing,  razing,  defacing,  tearing,  cutting,  noting, 
underlining,  or  by  voluntary  corrupting,  blotting,  blurring,  or  any  other 
manner  of  mangling  or  misusing  any  one  or  more  of  said  books,  either  wholly, 
or  in  part  make  any  alteration;  But  shall  hinder  and  impeach  as  much  as 
lieth  in  you  all  and  every  such  offender  by  detecting  their  demeanor  to  the 
Vice-chancellor  or  to  his  deputy  then  in  place  within  the  next  three  days  after 
it  shall  come  to  your  knowledge — so  help  you  God,  by  Christ's  merits  accord- 
ing to  the  doctrine  of  His  Holy  Evangelists." 

Hours 

The  Library  of  the  College  comprises  the  General  Library 
and  the  department  libraries  of  Art,  Astronomy,  Botany, 
Chemistry,  Hygiene  and  Music. 

Throughout  the  academic  year  the  General  Library  will  be 
open  every  week  day,  holidays  included,  except  Thanksgiving 
Day,  from  8:10  A.M.  to  5:45  P.M.,  and  from  7:15  P.M.  to 
9:30  P.M.,  and  on  Sunday  from  2:30  P.M.  to  5:30  P.M. 

No  one  may  enter  or  remain  in  the  building  during  the  hours 
when  the  Library  is  closed. 

Department  libraries  shall  be  governed  by  the  rules  of  the 
General  Library,  except  that  the  hours  of  opening  and  hours  for 
charging  books  shall  be  fixed  by  the  respective  departments. 

The  department  libraries  are  located  as  follows:  the  Art 
Library  in  the  Art  Building;  the  Astronomy  Library  in  the  Ob- 
servatory; the  Botany  Library  in  Stone  Hall;  the  Chemistry 
Library  in  the  Chemistry  Building;  the  Hygiene  Library  in 
Mary  Hemenway  Hall;  the  Music  Library  in  Billings  Hall. 

Loans 

Books  drawn  from  the  Library  must  be  charged  at  one  of 
the  loan  desks.  When  returned  they  should  be  left  at  the  same 
loan  desk. 

Books  in  department  libraries  will  be  charged  by  officers  of 
the  respective  departments,  at  hours  fixed  by  the  department. 

The  following  books  are  restricted  from  circulation. 

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1.  The  private  library  of  the  Founders  of  the  College,  com- 
prising accession  numbers  from  1  to  8,000. 

2.  Cyclopaedias,  dictionaries,  atlases,  and  other  reference 
books. 

3.  All  books  which  are  rare,  costly,  or  unsuitable  for  circu- 
lation. 

4.  The  latest  number  of  every  unbound  periodical. 

5.  Books  temporarily  placed  on  reserve  by  instructors  for 
class  reference. 

Books  may  be  drawn  for  two  weeks,  but  if  deemed  advisable 
by  the  Librarian  the  loan  may  be  limited  to  a  shorter  period. 
Books  may  be  loaned  for  the  vacations  at  the  discretion  of  the 
Librarian. 

Periodicals,  with  the  exception  of  the  latest  number,  may  be 
drawn  for  two  days. 

Books  reserved  for  class  use  will  be  loaned  under  a  special 
time  limit,  viz.:  from  9  P.  M.  on  Saturday  until  8:40  A.  M  on 
the  following  Monday,  and  on  other  week  days  from  9  P.  M. 
until  8:40  A.M.  of  the  following  day.  Not  more  than  two 
reserved  books  may  be  drawn  at  one  time. 

Students  may  register  in  advance  for  such  books,  but  books 
charged  in  advance  must  be  brought  to  the  loan  desk  to  be 
checked  before  they  are  taken  from  the  Library. 

Books  will  not  be  charged  to  students  between  5:30  P.M. 
and  5:45  P.M.  and  after  9:15  P.M. 

At  the  discretion  of  the  Librarian  the  restricted  books  may  be 
loaned  for  use  on  special  topics  or  papers;  the  number  of  books 
and  the  time  for  which  they  may  be  retained  shall  be  specified 
by  the  Librarian. 

Unpublished  theses  of  graduate  students  shall  be  loaned  only 
upon  a  written  order  from  the  head  of  the  department  under 
which  the  work  was  done. 

Recalls 

The  Librarian  will  recall,  on  request,  books  drawn  for  per- 

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sonal  use  by  Instructors,  officers,  or  students,  after  the  expira- 
tion of  two  weeks. 

All  books  are  subject  to  immediate  recall  for  class  work,  and 
must  be  returned  within  twenty-four  hours  after  receipt  of 
notice. 

Fines 

A  fine  of  twenty-five  cents  a  day  shall  be  paid  for  detention 
of  a  book  recalled  for  class  use  beyond  the  twenty-four  hour 
limit. 

Books  from  the  reserved  shelves  which  are  not  returned  on 
time  are  subject  to  a  fine  of  twenty-five  cents  for  the  first  hour 
and  five  cents  for  each  hour  thereafter. 

On  all  other  overdue  books  a  fine  of  two  cents  a  day  shall  be 
paid  on  each  volume. 

A  fine  remaining  unpaid  for  a  month  shall  cancel  the  privi- 
lege of  drawing  books. 

A  student  who  for  any  reason  has  lost  her  privilege  of  draw- 
ing books  may  not  take  them  in  another  student's  name. 

Renewals 

Loans  may  be  renewed  at  the  discretion  of  the  Librarian. 
Renewals  may  be  made  by  mail  or  telephone. 

Losses  and  Defacements 

No  borrower  shall  write  in  or  mark  a  book  belonging  to  the 
Library,  turn  down  leaves,  or  In  any  way  deface  the  same. 

No  corrections  may  be  made  except  such  as  are  authorized 
by  the  Librarian.  Tracing  is  forbidden  except  by  permission 
of  the  Librarian. 

Fines  will  be  charged  for  defacement  of  books  or  papers 
according  to  the  extent  of  the  damage,  from  fifty  cents  up  to 
the  cost  of  replacing  the  work  by  a  new  copy. 

A  book  not  returned  after  one  month's  notice  will  be  con- 
sidered lost,  and  will  be  replaced  at  the  borrower's  expense. 

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Book,  Stack,  Reference  and  Department  Rooms 

All  readers  may  have  free  access  to  the  book  stacks,  but 
books  taken  from  the  shelves  for  temporary  use  should  not  be 
returned  to  the  regular  shelves.  They  should  be  left  on  a  table 
or  placed  on  the  "Return  shelves"  which  will  be  found  so 
marked  at  the  entrance  to  each  room  of  the  stack  and  to  De- 
partment Rooms. 

Reserved  books  should  be  returned  to  the  shelves  from 
which  they  were  taken. 

Books  taken  from  one  part  of  the  Library  to  another  should 
be  returned  to  the  room  from  which  they  were  taken. 

Books  may  not  be  taken  from  the  Reference  Room  for  use  in 
other  parts  of  the  Library  without  permission  of  the  Reference 
Librarian,  who  will  make  a  record  of  the  fact  at  the  Reference 
or  the  Loan  Desk.  This  record  will  be  cancelled  when  the 
books  are  returned. 

General  conversation  is  not  permitted  in  the  Library.  Stu- 
dents wishing  to  study  together  may  use  the  Seminar  Room  in 
the  basement  when  that  is  not  in  use  for  classes. 

Neither  ink  nor  fountain  pens  may  be  used  in  the  Plimpton 
Room,  Treasure  Room  or  Brooks  Room. 

Infringement  of  Rules 

No  deviation  from  these  rules  shall  be  allowed,  except  by  vote 
of  the  Library  Committee,  on  written  petition. 

Infringement  of  the  rules  will  be  reported  to  the  Academic 
Council  for  action,  and  will  subject  the  delinquent  to  a  sus- 
pension of  her  privileges,  or  to  such  penalty  as  the  nature  of 
the  case  may  require. 

Ignorance  of  the  rules  will  excuse  no  one  from  penalties  at- 
tached to  their  violation. 


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INDEX 


Abbreviations,   17. 

Arrangement  of  Books,  13;  of  cards 
in  the  catalogue,  16;  of  rooms,  10. 

Art  Library,  2S. 

Astronomy  Library,  25. 

Atlases,    21. 

Autographs,  23. 

Bibles,  Luther's,  Melancthon's,  23. 

Biblical  History  Room,   13. 

Biographical   Dictionaries,   21. 

Book  Stack,  33. 

Books,  Arrangement  of,  13;  Care  of, 
26;  Charging  of,  30;  Circulation 
of,  30;  Classification  of,  28;  Lo- 
cation of,  13;  Lost,  32;  New,  10; 
Number  of,  10;  Purchase  of,  28; 
Recall  of,  31;  Reference.  18;  Re- 
newal of,  32;  Reserved,  15,  31;  Re- 
stricted, 29,  31. 

Botany    Library,    25. 

Bronze  Doors,  10. 

Brooks  Room,    13,  24. 

Browning  Collection,  9,  22. 

Byron  Collection,   10,  22. 

Bulletin  Boards,  11. 

Call  Numbers,   16. 

Catalogue,  16. 

Cataloguing  Room,   11. 

Charging  of  Books,  30. 

Charters,  23. 

Chemistry  Library,  26. 

Circulation  of  Books,  30. 

Classics  Room,  11. 

Classification,  Outline  of,  28. 

Coat  Room,  13. 

Coat  of  Arms  in  Reading  Room,  12. 

College  Hall,  10. 

Cyclopedias,   19. 

Delivery  Room,  10. 

Department  Libraries,  25,  30. 

Dictionaries,   20. 

Durant,  Henry  Fowlc,  9,   12. 

Durant.   Pauline  Fowle,   12. 

Economics  Room,  11. 


Embroideries,    13. 

Encyclopedias,   19. 

English  Literature  Room,  11. 

Exhibitions,  24. 

Fines,  32. 

Goodspeed,  Charles  E.,  10,  23. 

Hazard,  Caroline,  12. 

Hemenway  Hall  Library,  26. 

Historical  Collection,  25. 

History  Room,   11. 

Holidays,  30. 

Horsford,  E.  N.,  9,  10,  13. 

Horsford  Collection,  25. 

Howard,  Ada  L.,  12. 

Huggins,  Lady  Margaret,  10,  13,  25. 

Incunabula,  23,  24. 

Indexes,  22. 

Ink,  25,  33. 

Irvine,  Julia  J.,   12. 

Jewels,   13. 

Jewett  Collection,  25. 

Librarian's  Office,   11. 

Library  Building,   10;  History  of,  9; 

Plan  of,  5,  6.  7;  Hours,  30:  Rules, 

29;  Staff,  28. 
Loan  Desks,   11. 
Loans,  30. 

Location  of  Books,  14. 
Lost  Books,  32.  , 

Luther,  Martin,  23. 
Magazines,   see   Periodicals. 
Manuscripts,    23. 
Maps,  22;  Tracing  of,  32. 
Melancthon,   Philip,   23. 
Modern   Languages   Room,    13. 
Morgan  Collection,  25. 
Music  Library,  26. 
New   Books,   10. 
Newspapers,    13,    15. 
North  Desk,   11. 
Number  of  Volumes,  10. 
Palmer,  Alice  Freeman,   12. 
Palmer,  George  Herbert,  9,  23,  24. 
Pamphlets,  10. 


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Pendleton,  Ellen  F.,  12. 
Periodical  Indexes,  see  Indexes. 
Periodicals,  9,  10,  IS. 
Philosophy  and  Education  Room,  12. 
Pierce  Room,  13,  25. 
Plimpton  Collection,   11,  24. 
Plympton,  Lucy  A.,  25. 
Poole's   Index,  see  Indexes. 
Portraits   in    Reading   Room,    12;    in 

Treasure  Room,  24. 
Quotations,  20. 
Rare  Books,  22,  23,  24. 
Readers'  Guide,  22. 
Reading  Room,   11. 
Recall  of  Books.  31. 
Reference   Books,   18. 
Reference  Librarian,   12,   28. 
Reserved  Books,   IS.  31. 
Restricted  Books,  30,  31. 


Return  of  Books,  30. 

Return  Shelves,  14,  33. 

Rules,  29;  Infringement  of,  33. 

Ruskin  Collection,  10,  23. 

Sanborn,   Helen  J.,   10,   25. 

Savonarola  Collection,   24. 

Science  Room,  12. 

Seminar  Room,  13. 

Shafer,  Helen  A.,  12. 

South  Desk,  11,  12. 

Special  Collections,  22. 

Statues,  10. 

Stone,  Galen  L.,  23. 

Sweet,  A.  S.,  9. 

Tennyson  Collection,   10,  22. 

Theses,  25.  31. 

Treasure  Room,    13,   22. 

Vacation  Loans  to  Students,  31. 

Wellesley  College  Theses,  see  Theses. 


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